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[–] Bamboodpanda@lemmy.world 18 points 6 months ago (2 children) GLP-1 drugs were originally developed for diabetes. A side effect was weight loss. Most drugs with fun side effects get marketed for the fun side effect. permalink fedilink source hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] squaresinger@lemmy.world 9 points 6 months ago Heroin was developed as a painkiller and cough remedy. Nowadays it's only sold for the fun side effects. permalink fedilink source parent [–] BanMe@lemmy.world 4 points 6 months ago (1 child) Probably 3/4 of the people I know on GP1s are either reporting mental health/addiction benefits, or are taking it exclusively for that reason. Helped me quit weed, helping a friend of mine quit vaping right now. Shuts off my gut-wrenching anxiety. I hate jumping on bandwagons but it's a bit of a miracle drug, hopefully it doesn't cause your DNA to turn inside out after 10 years or something. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Malfeasant@lemmy.world 1 point 6 months ago My (now ex-) wife developed diverticulitis after a few months of mounjaro... Apparently that's not uncommon... permalink fedilink source parent
[–] squaresinger@lemmy.world 9 points 6 months ago Heroin was developed as a painkiller and cough remedy. Nowadays it's only sold for the fun side effects. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] BanMe@lemmy.world 4 points 6 months ago (1 child) Probably 3/4 of the people I know on GP1s are either reporting mental health/addiction benefits, or are taking it exclusively for that reason. Helped me quit weed, helping a friend of mine quit vaping right now. Shuts off my gut-wrenching anxiety. I hate jumping on bandwagons but it's a bit of a miracle drug, hopefully it doesn't cause your DNA to turn inside out after 10 years or something. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Malfeasant@lemmy.world 1 point 6 months ago My (now ex-) wife developed diverticulitis after a few months of mounjaro... Apparently that's not uncommon... permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Malfeasant@lemmy.world 1 point 6 months ago My (now ex-) wife developed diverticulitis after a few months of mounjaro... Apparently that's not uncommon... permalink fedilink source parent
